This really shows the poster's credibility. No need to respond to this guy.

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You can say the same about pretty much half of the posters in this section. There's a lot of stupid here, and this thread (and veroniquem). Posting about something based on personal preferences while ignoring the facts. Let me steer you in the right direction:

I'm going to make a claim now, and I will also back it up with the evidence.

Except when the person completely admits to taking and MTO because she was choking in an on court interview, then changes the story afterwards in her presser.

At least Nadal remembers the lies he tells, and when to tell them.

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This was a complete misinterpretation of her post match interview (admittedly, I misinterpreted it in the beginning too). When she said choking, she meant choking literally, as in not being able to breathe, while everyone assumed she was talking about choking the game.

She didn't seem to suffer either. She was laughing her head off when they did the finger test on her eyes (I don't blame her, most hilarious thing I've ever seen during a match).

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It doesn't matter if she got a concussion or not. The bottom line is that it would be border line insane for her (or anyone else in her position) to NOT take an MTO to determine whether she had a concussion or not. Fortunately she didn't. But we only knew that thanks to the MTO. If she hadn't taken an MTO to find out, and had played through a concussion, the consequences could have been terrible.

Sure, I'm not the one claiming there is anything wrong with MTOs. Quite the opposite. I'm saying players have to take them in stride (both the player getting the MTO and the opponent) and an MTO is never an excuse for losing the match. The reason for the MTO is completely irrelevant to that simple fact.

This was a complete misinterpretation of her post match interview (admittedly, I misinterpreted it in the beginning too). When she said choking, she meant choking literally, as in not being able to breathe, while everyone assumed she was talking about choking the game.

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no I'm pretty sure she meant choking away the game. She called it "almost the choke of the year". That's not talking about literally choking.

My point was that the reason for the MTO is completely irrelevant in terms of hurting the opponent's rhythm and the worst moment for the MTO to happen is in the middle of the opponent's service game, which is what happened in the final. Big deal. Players have to handle that kind of stuff, it's their job. There is never a case where you could blame the final result on it. The rule says you're allowed an MTO. The rule doesn't say you have to PROVE the MTO was absolutely necessary. And that is not something up to the spectators to determine. If a player went so far as to take an MTO for no reason whatsoever, then it would be up to the doctor, trainer, ump or whatever other official to call it out.

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Maybe this is the point? What official would call out a phoney MTO? can you imagine the backlash by the player, the coach, the managers, sponsors etc? Especially if it had been the 'first' MTO to be denied or somehow punished. The forums would simply shift the argument to player A's injury was worse/better/more deserving than player B's.

Basically I see it like this: the rule is there to be used and abused. I don't agree with players abusing it, because I know the real reason it's there, but it's near impossible to police. The time-between-points rule has a black/white determining factor in the timer, an MTO, not so much. The opponent must simply deal with it, and rise above it.

No, she was overwhelmed with tension against a teenager who was not any reasonable threat to her. This as the no. 1 (ranked) player in the world, panicking because she knew this was a godsend to her that Serena was out.